Man shot by Swiss child abductor could hold key to finding missing Madeleine
Madeleine McCann went missing three months ago
A shooting victim fighting for his life could hold the key to solving the whereabouts of Madeleine McCann.
The man was gunned down by a Swiss child abductor linked to the case by Portuguese police, who believe he was in the Praia de Luz area when Madeleine went missing.
Urs Hans Von Aesch, 67, who killed himself last week, is the prime suspect in the disappearance of five-year-old 'Madeliene lookalike' Ylenia Lenhard.
Detectives are now camped out next to the shot man's bedside after Swiss Police revealed he could hold vital evidence over the abductions and could have been about to blow the whistle on Von Aesch.
The links between Ylenia and Madeleine are striking - they are only a year apart in age, both are blonde and both are of a similar build and height.
A source close to the investigation said those leading the manhunt had been told of "certain similarities" between the two abductions.
Through Interpol, Swiss police informed colleagues in Spain and Portugal after learning that Von Aesch lived near Alicante and was also on holiday in the Algarve when Madeleine disappeared.
Officers in St Gallen in central Switzerland close to where Ylenia disappeared, have also re-opened files on five other girls who disappeared in the area before Von Aesch moved to Benimantell on the Spanish coast.
His wife who is still in Spain has been questioned by detectives and they are also checking the movements of his Spanish registered white Renault van.
Today Hans Peter Eugster, a Swiss police spokesman, said: "Because of the similarities in both cases and because Von Aesch lived in Spain we have informed Interpol.
"They in turn have passed on the details to both colleagues in Spain and Portugal and they are looking into reports that Von Aesch was on holiday in the Algarve.
"In our case he is the prime suspect in the disappearance of Ylenia and his body was found near to where some of her belongings were found."
Ylenia was last seen a week ago after she went to her local swimming pool at Appenzell in north east Switzerland.
Hours later a backpack was found in nearby woods at Oberburen which contained her cycling helmet and her scooter was also recovered close by.
Twenty four hours later in the same woods police discovered the body of Von Aesch who had died from a self-inflicted gun shot to the head.
Regards Satdude. :thum:
Madeleine McCann went missing three months ago
A shooting victim fighting for his life could hold the key to solving the whereabouts of Madeleine McCann.
The man was gunned down by a Swiss child abductor linked to the case by Portuguese police, who believe he was in the Praia de Luz area when Madeleine went missing.
Urs Hans Von Aesch, 67, who killed himself last week, is the prime suspect in the disappearance of five-year-old 'Madeliene lookalike' Ylenia Lenhard.
Detectives are now camped out next to the shot man's bedside after Swiss Police revealed he could hold vital evidence over the abductions and could have been about to blow the whistle on Von Aesch.
The links between Ylenia and Madeleine are striking - they are only a year apart in age, both are blonde and both are of a similar build and height.
A source close to the investigation said those leading the manhunt had been told of "certain similarities" between the two abductions.
Through Interpol, Swiss police informed colleagues in Spain and Portugal after learning that Von Aesch lived near Alicante and was also on holiday in the Algarve when Madeleine disappeared.
Officers in St Gallen in central Switzerland close to where Ylenia disappeared, have also re-opened files on five other girls who disappeared in the area before Von Aesch moved to Benimantell on the Spanish coast.
His wife who is still in Spain has been questioned by detectives and they are also checking the movements of his Spanish registered white Renault van.
Today Hans Peter Eugster, a Swiss police spokesman, said: "Because of the similarities in both cases and because Von Aesch lived in Spain we have informed Interpol.
"They in turn have passed on the details to both colleagues in Spain and Portugal and they are looking into reports that Von Aesch was on holiday in the Algarve.
"In our case he is the prime suspect in the disappearance of Ylenia and his body was found near to where some of her belongings were found."
Ylenia was last seen a week ago after she went to her local swimming pool at Appenzell in north east Switzerland.
Hours later a backpack was found in nearby woods at Oberburen which contained her cycling helmet and her scooter was also recovered close by.
Twenty four hours later in the same woods police discovered the body of Von Aesch who had died from a self-inflicted gun shot to the head.
Regards Satdude. :thum: